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Parental leave: The impact of recent legislation on parents’ leave taking

Author(s) -

WenJui Han,

Jane Waldfogel

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.1353/dem.2003.0003

Subject(s) - parental leave , legislation , family leave , demographic economics , maternity leave , current population survey , panel data , labour economics , sick leave , business , work (physics) , economics , population , environmental health , medicine , political science , econometrics , mechanical engineering , law , engineering

We use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine the impact of leave entitlements on unpaid leave usage by men and women after the birth of a child from 1991 to 1999. The results indicate that legislation providing the right to unpaid leave has not affected men's leave usage. The results for women are mixed: in some specifications, leave entitlements are associated with increased leave taking or longer leaves, but the results depend on how we define leave coverage. Our results point to the limited impact of unpaid leave policies and the potential importance of paid-leave policies.

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